Job Vacancy: Part Time IT Tutor for Computer Games Development

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The Role

The British Youth IT College is looking for a part time IT tutor of Computer Games Development. You will need to be a graduate or have very good experience in Computer Games Development.

The Company

British Youth IT College (BYITC) is a private educational institution based in Glasgow, Scotland. We teach primary and secondary school kids computer skills that are essential in the modern age and will stand them in good stead for the rest of their education and for their future careers. We also run innovative maths classes for children using the ancient abacus tool and we are currently the only centre in Scotland that teaches this method. In addition, we run English classes, helping children improve a wide range of English skills such as spelling, grammar and reading comprehension.

To read more about our abacus maths and English classes, please click here.

Essential Qualities of Part Time IT Tutor

We are looking for a Part Time IT Tutor help teach computer games development to groups of young children. You will either have a related degree or have substantial experience in the field. Up-to-date subject knowledge is important as both children and their parents have high expectations.

Knowledge of the programming language Python and the game engine Unreal Engine 4 would be highly beneficial.

Ideal qualities of Part Time IT Tutor

The work involves tutoring young children, so ideally you will have a patient and understanding nature. An approachable and friendly disposition would be helpful. The role will involve classroom management and you will need to help the children overcome any problems.

Availability

Computing classes are held every week and in addition we run summer ‘boot camp’ classes, so availability during this period is required.

Working with children

Ideally, you will be a member of the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme and have a membership number which will allow us to apply for an update.

We look forward to welcoming you as part of our team at British Youth IT College.

Testimonials Summer camps

I enjoyed using Stencyl as it has made it easy for me to make a simple game.

Callum

I extremely enjoyed the games course as it improved my computer skills and programming work

Thomas

I had great fun meeting new people and making new friends, and I also enjoyed using Stencyl

Jake

I enjoyed using Stencyl and the Programming.

Jenny

I had a lot of fun using stencyl because it made the coding easier, the code for space invaders was really fun to make.

Daniel

I enjoyed stencyl and the games development.

Sunny

Stencyl is the best course ever!

Alexander

Summer Bootcamps

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It was very fun, I enjoyed it a lot. I would recommend it to everyone and I learned lots of new things and programming. I met lots of new people and now I know how to program games :)

Skye

I really liked this course, I learned loads and now I am confident to make my own game.

Tom

I learned to make a game, Dhruv and Fiona were very nice.

Calum

It was fun, I made some games, I enjoyed it!

Eoghan

I enjoyed this program because we got to make some games and I learned a bit about coding.

Tony

I had a lot of fun and I want to come throughout the school weeks!

Tavish

I did enjoy this course and I made new things!

Stuart

We made space invaders, we made a platformer, I enjoyed lunch and making games.

Jack

I enjoyed the class because it was fun, I made lots of fun!

Ishita

I know how hard it is to make a game, and I have learned lots of new skills like patience, concentration and team work.

Ali-Hassan

I really enjoyed the coding as well as creating the game called space invaders. I twas really interesting learning new things.

Zahra

I enjoyed everything but I loved the platformer. The experience was amazing and I loved being able to code and use the computer, and meet new people.

Hafsah

I enjoyed lunch and learning how to make a game.

Abdul - Raheem

This course was really interesting and helpful because we learned new skills in game development which helps increase our knowledge, it also helps our brain develop more. I would suggest this program and course to more people as its really helpful. Thanks to the teachers that taught us all the knowledge.